Finally decided to do a build thread, Im gonna show what all Ive done over the last 3-4 years and then continue with what Im workin on now. This truck was my only daily driver for 2 years And for the last year and a half its been in my buddies garage... Now theres no garage space and its sitting outside and I have little to no money, Ive been cut off cause of my wedding in a few months and getting in a place etc etc. So projects will be small low budget for a little while

Here it is at Freak Show 3 years ago, This is how I was daily driving it, On the way home from the show, timing chain guide broke and a motor clean up took place





While the motor was apart I did some more mods while I had downtime, Shaved mirrors and bike mirrors went on



Motor apart





Did the valve cover at work

 

Also cleaned up some interior work while I was at it





Getting there



Smoked the tails too



Back running and cleaned up... Got it back together, Washed and drove it for the first time in 5 months, And headed out the next morning at 7am For Carlisle Truck Nationals... All new wiring, battery in bed, and whole front of the motor replaced.







Timing chain guides anyone? Metal ones in there now

 

How the exhaust ran back then







Semi Horn


In its new home for a while, My buddies garage


Inside gutted




Sadistics Mono Suicide Hinge Setup


Cut marks for hinge pockets






Test Fit

 

Rock Mount Latch Kit, This kit sucks by the way Door flew open on the trailer a few months ago




Re wiring and plumbing the back of the truck and relocating the fual tank between the rails






Out with the old bed

 

Another night done



Was gonna keep stock handles, but decided what the hell!






1 done


Tunnel sealed up

 

Nice truck! Now I know what my white truck will look like sittin on the ground.

 

Ressurection 2K10 Drag Contest


New bed, Was a disaster, Bondo filled, But We got it done


Bracing up, new bed floor




Tubs in


Sheeting it up






Tailgate project begins










Made my own handle relocator




Thought I would like 20s... I didnt, This lasted about 2 months haha










Bed work...ugh








Starting to look like a truck again

 

And heres where we are now, Now its on 18s Im hoping to atleast come up with enough money to get the wood bed floor done and get new door latches and get the interior back together so I can drive it again some, Im also trying to redo the back setup to get it to lay on 18s now (It layed fine on 17s) and then I am going to Z the front.







Did some 8000k HIDs a few weeks ago




And thats how she sits now...

 

still got the old bed??

 

Yep, been on here for sale a few times, Its FREE to whoever wants it, Not dealing with shipping on a free bed though

 

Needs a Z some kinda bad




End of another night


And this is why it was on the lift, Tranny X member modded

 

How do you like those suicide door hinges? How far do the open? Any problems with them?

 

the hinges are great, I'd say they open about 80 degrees, give or take, The door latches were my problem, they have given me issues since day 1. I need to weld in stops to keep them from bumping the body on full open, Kit was alot easier to tweak then regular suicide setups...

 

I'll have to check into this kit more

 

do you still have the tailgate? and i might be wrong but is the inside of the bed cut up

 

I traded that gate to "DaRoach" on here for the stock gate I put the lights in now. Yeah inside of the bed was pretty cut out when I got it, Which is why I started on a stock bed, even though alot of my new floor is gone now (under the raised bed floor) I wanted to start fresh. Yet another reason the old one is free for the taking

 

Some updates, Starting next week the truck comes apart, Starting on a full frame from the firewall back sfbd of course... Pics to follow

 

Nice progress man its coming along very well. Gotta a question though, are you running drop spindles up front?? On my truck Im thinking If I add drop spindles and remove and raise the tranny cross member I should be able to lay frame in the front without doing a Z. Just a thought on my end so wanted to see what you think.

 

So I was looking at your picture of the plated transmission crossmember. I was thinking of doing the same. My truck isn't z'd either but it would be better if it was because you could cut out more of the bottom of that crossmember since the transmission mount would get raised. So with that current configuration you can only cut out so much. I was wondering how much of a difference that made. Did it make the frame lay out completely? Or was the transmission crossmember still touching the ground first after you plated the bottom?

 

Are those niche spitfires? If so u son of a bitch I got the same haha